The recent slump in first-time buyers’ share of the mortgage market is a worrying sign of fresh weakness in the first rung of the housing market. What’s more, high unemployment among the under- 35s means that it will take more than an improvement in credit conditions to see a significant, sustained recovery in the numbers of first-time buyers.
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